Sandnessjøen

Sandnessjøen is a town in the Norwegian municipality Alstahaug, about 50 km south of the Arctic Circle. Sandnessjøen belongs to Fylke Nordland.

Sandnessjøen is known for the mountain range "Seven Sisters" ( bokmål En søstre syv, nynorsk Dei sju søstre ). The island Alsten, is on the Sandnessjøen is 54 km ². To Alsten lying around many small islands.

The place Sandnessjøen has about 5,700 inhabitants and is located in the north of the island. The second largest city of the municipality is Tjøtten.

Traffic

Sandnessjøen is Hurtigruten ships. The Sandnessjøen airport, Stokka is around 10 kilometers in a southwesterly direction. The island is connected by the Helgeland Bridge ( Helgelandsbrua ) to the mainland.

Economy

The region lives on fishing, agriculture and tourism.

Attractions

• Helgelandsbrua, a bridge with a length of 1.073 m and a height of 45 m, formerly a toll road. Today she is free passable.
• De Søstre 7 ( The Seven Sisters ), a mountain range with seven peaks south of the village Sandnessjøen. According to legend, it should have been seven virgins who prostrated themselves exhausted after a chase by the king Hestmannen. At sunrise they petrified. The legend is part of the legend of the Torghatten.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Leif Bryde Lillegard, Norwegian writer
• Torolf Prytz, Norwegian architect